Huge Sale in Shop! Everything is $1!

Hello to all my loyal readers out there and sorry I haven't posted in quite some time! Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I'm having a huge blowout sale in my shop! EVERYTHING IS $1! So definitely stop by and stock up on your vintage sewing goodies while they're available! 

Operation: Rainy Day Smoothie

It's pretty dreary out today, so I decided to brighten up the kitchen with some colorful fruits and make myself a rainy day smoothie. This one consisted of banana, strawberries and blueberries. 

(P.S. Be sure to add your vote to the new poll on the right toolbar!)

Stocking Up

Slowly stocking up the dollhouse.

Treating Myself

After stopping by Border's to get my magazine fix in (if I bought or subscribed to every magazine I looked at, I'd be dirt poor), I headed to The Cosmetic Market next door. I had read about this yummy soap by the brand Fresh in another blog and when I saw it in the Market, I immediately picked some up. I hope it lives up to the blogger's praise. I think it will though, because its fragrance had already filled the car by the time I got home. Here's a link to the one I bought. I picked up an eyebrow definer pencil thing, as well. I have a kind of strawberry blonde shade of hair and during the warmer months when I spend lots of time outside, my eyebrows get so light they almost disappear. 

(P.S. Look at this packaging. Gorgeous!)

10 Things I Love...

No new pictures today, so I'm going to instead give you a list of ten things that I'm loving right now (in no particular order):

• cupcakes
• floral patterns
• polaroids/film
• Simon & Garfunkel
• the cool breeze outside
• fresh strawberries
• wellies
• fresh flowers
• hum of the air conditioner
• ice cream sandwiches

Doughnuts, Anyone?

Not that I need to be adding any more sweets to the dollhouse...

Abandoned

There is an old abandoned school about 20 minutes from where I live and I've always wanted to go shoot some pictures of the poor thing. It's not that sad of story though; the school was just moved into a nicer, newer building a few minutes away. It's not like it became abandoned because the city didn't have enough money or children to keep it running. It is a little creepy though, and every time I looked up into a window, I expected to see some ghost child staring back at me. (I'm terrible with scary things; I've never even seen a scary movie. It's more the ghost and paranormal things than the blood and guts stuff. I started to watch The Messengers one night, but embarrassingly had to turn it off practically right after the opening scene...)

Anyways, I managed to take some pretty interesting photos with a new film camera I bought. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I feel like the fact that it was film kind of added to the old, abandoned feeling of the pictures. (Let me know if you see any strange shadowy figures...)

Bathroom Necessities

Crest White Strips? Check. Aleve? Check. Chanel Perfume? Check. Sponge and tiny jar? Check and check. Just your basic necessities. ;)

Weekend Recap

I hope all of you followers had a lovely holiday weekend. I know I did! The fourth was actually kind of rainy here, but the neighbors still managed to light up the sky:

Sunday consisted of insanly long, but equally exciting Wimbledon tennis matches and cutting/folding new printies for the dollhouse:

New Rick Rack Listed!

I love, love, LOVE this rick rack that I just listed. Such a pretty blue. Check it out here.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Since my previous dollhouse post was so popular, I decided to show another new addition to the house. The bathroom now has a mirror! Hurray! When I purchased the mirror, it was an unattractive goldish, brown color that completely clashed with the rest of the room. So, I spruced it up with some white paint and up it went.

Small Dollhouse Update

Haven't been working on the dollhouse as much lately as I would like, but I did manage to reupholster a cute little desk chair that is sitting at the landing next to the top of the stairs. It's a kind of vintage looking floral pattern and I just love the colors!

Tea and Toast

Had some tea and toast this morning. Can't get a much better breakfast out of something so simple. The jam I used was so yummy. It was from an organic brand at Whole Foods(I'm trying to do this whole organic/fresh/healthy thing...we'll see how long it lasts).

On another note, I'm going to do a whole update for the store soon. It's looking a little empty right now, but I recently got some great new products to add.

Nature Walk

It's been raining like crazy here, but I managed to go for a run in the local park early today while there was a little break. Afterwards, I snapped some photos for your viewing pleasure. Nature is beautiful, isn't it?

Dollhouse Update: Kitchen

Life has been quite busy lately, hence the lack of blog posts... But I have been working on the dollhouse lately and I feel like the basics of the kitchen are now coming together. I'm trying to go for a kind of country-chic feel with a lot of white and "homey" colors. I need to paint that cabinet white (the one behind the table next to the fridge...) because I feel the dark wood is too overpowering. But I'm in love with the lamp over the table! Found it on eBay... so cute.

{I've been toying with an idea in my head for awhile now... a weekly giveaway! Stay tuned for more details!}

Thrift Find: Treasure Chest

I found this cute little treasure chest (a.k.a. a tin box) at the flea market a couple months ago and am still infatuated with it. I love the colors. I think it's supposed to be a Christmas tin, but really I think I'll keep it out all year. Right now it's holding various ribbons and buttons.
I just thought of this as I was writing this post, but if any of you have a Flickr account, add me as a contact if you want and I'll add you! Check out my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oohvintage/ and add me!

Dollhouse Update

It seems I've decided unconsiously to work on one room at a time. Can you guess which room I'm currently working on? Floor trim has been added since this picture was taken as well as a knob for the door. ;)

Found this on Etsy... it was black, but I painted it white and glossed it.This is our newest member.... isn't she cute?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day with those you love. I know I did...

(roses for my mom)

(sugar highs)

(someone got a little haircut!)

...and they can read, too!

Now my dollhouse not only has food, but it has books and DVDs as well! Check out these little ones that I made: They were super easy to make... all I did was find pictures of some of my favorite movies (many Disney classics for the kid I imagine living in the house) and childhood books, sized them down, printed them out, glued them to poster board to make them sturdier, and cut them out.

What movies/books do you spy?

I Love Little Things

Don't these pastries look delish? I ordered them from I Love Little Things Miniatures on Etsy. She was so sweet and the shipping was extremely quick considering it was sent over from Singapore. Now my little dollhouse has food! I have another little project for the house I've been working on; I'll take some pics today and show you soon!